Antonia is Ablethorpe Recruitment’s Associate Director – Legal Recruitment and Relocation Specialist, assisting lawyers to move both domestically and internationally. Antonia has been involved in legal recruitment since 2004 and has over ten years’ experience focussing exclusively on the recruitment of legal professionals, of all levels, across private practice, government and the corporate sector.

Practice Specialisation

Antonia’s clients include large international as well as boutique law firms, major financial institutions, public companies and professional associations. In addition, she has worked with state government departments, government-owned corporations, statutory bodies and run large recruitment projects for federal government agencies. As well as undertaking local legal recruitment, Antonia specialises in assisting Australian lawyers relocate within Australia, and internationally. She also assists foreign lawyers seeking opportunities in Australia.

Professional Experience

Antonia graduated with a Bachelor of Law (with Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide in 1999. She then completed her articles at Fisher Jeffries in Adelaide and undertook an Associateship with Justice Mullighan of the Supreme Court of South Australia. After relocating to Melbourne and practising as a commercial litigation solicitor in a leading Australian firm, she moved into legal recruitment and has since established an impressive legal network across Australia.

Recruitment Experience

Antonia has successfully completed a range of recruiting assignments across a broad spectrum of legal roles both in private practice, in-house and government. A sample includes: